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Learn more about our ongoing research and project initiatives. Contact us if you would like to collaborate on any of our initiatives or propose a new project:

Connected Learning

We support and develop programs and resources to connect music engagement and learning across formal, nonformal, and informal settings.

Contemporary Musicianship

We develop pedagogy and curriculum to support and advance diverse ways of being musical in contemporary society.

Creativity and Artistic Inquiry

We research and support how musical engagement and learning can foster and catalyze creativity and artistic inquiry.

Music, Science, and Society

We research intersections and synergy between music, science, and society with an emphasis on positive impact.

Music Teaching and Learning

We help people and organizations develop and expand expertise in music teaching and learning with an emphasis on innovation and transformation in their chosen settings.

Creative Music Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

We research and support musicians’ and educators’ capacity to be entrepreneurial and engage in creative enterprise in varied musical contexts.

Leisure, Lifelong Engagement, and Wellness

We research how musical engagement and learning can contribute to people’s wellbeing and sense of fulfillment.

Transforming Society

We research and advance the role of musical engagement and learning to build and improve communities and impact society positively.